Connecter sleeve



Jan. 5", 1926.1 6 1,568,666

C. E. GODLEY CONNEGTER SLEEVE Filed August 5, 1922 jnbenfm I%MMWPatented 5, 1926.

"UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES E. GODLIY, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOB TO IDIUIDS & Ions COB-POBATIOH', OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

comc'rnn SLERVIE.

Application filed Auguat 8, 1088. Serial No. 578,887.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES E. Gonnar, acitizen of the United States, and residing at Detroit, in the county ofWayne andState 5 0f- Michi an, have invented a new and Imroved nnecterSleeve, of which the folowing is a specification.

My invention relates to means for mounting completely assembled electricconnecters on sup rting walls, such as the sides of automo ile headlamps, and particularly for supporting such a connecter so that it willoperatively extend through the supporting wall.

Connecters for such use commonly comprise cylindrical shells havingspring- 'pressed lungers mounted within and msulated electricallyconnectedat its mner ends to a wire leading to the lamp of the headlight. Owing to the confined space between the casing or body of thelamp and the reflector mounted within this lamp body, it is desirablethat such a connecter should pass obliquely through the wall of thecasing or.

body so as to bring the wire within the lam closer to this casing. Atits outer end, eac such connecter is commonly equipped for interlockingwith a detachable wire carrying plug. Since the plug when attachedextends axially of the s ell of the connecter, it is likewise desirableto .have the axis of the shell oblique to the wall through which itextends, thereby avoiding an unsightly 86 projecting of the plug andwire from the F rthermore, since the assembling of electric connectorsinvolves the delicate manipulating of rather small parts, it isdesirable 40 that this should be done before any part of the connecterproper is attached to the lamp. My present invention aims to meet all ofthese requirements by providing a cheaply manufactured mounting whichcan readily 4 be attached to the lamp during the regular course ofmanufacture of the lamp, by providing this mounting so that it will beoblique with respect to the wall through which it extends, and byproviding it with parts which can easily be bent into interom theshells, each plunger being at its ends so that the sleeve may be seouredto a lamp body or other structure and with; lips which may be turned into secure the connecter'within the sleeve. .It further consist of asleeve which is so formed that the cars will bein the same central planeof the sleeve but diagonally opposite each other so that the sleeve maybe secured in an opening in the wall of a lamp body or other structurewith its ends on opposite sides of said wall. It also consists of thedetails of \constructibn illustrated in the accompanying drawing andparticularly pointed out in the claims:

In the drawing Fig. 1 is a plan of a blank for this improved connectersleeve. Fig. 2 is an elevation of the sleeve in position in the wall ofa lamp body on a central plane of the lamp body. Fig. 3 is an elevationthereof at right angles to Fig. 2. Fig.4 is

a section in the line 4-4 ofFig. 3. Fig. 5 is an elevation of aconnecter. Similar ref erence letters refer to like parts throughout theseveral views. 7

Many of the reflecting lamps used as headlights and spotlights for motorvehicles and search lights for launches are provided with reflectorsseparate from the bodies. A sleeve or other holder is mounted in thewall of the body and into it extends a connecter at one end of the wireleading to the lamp bulb in the reflector. This connecter in the holderhas an end open to the outside of the lamp to receive a removableconnecter lug at the end of a conductor extending om a current source.The connecter is usually permanently secured in the .wall of the lampbody.

In the resent case the connecter sleeve 11 is forme of a, blank 1 shownin Fig. 1,

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having perforated ears 2 and 3 and a small lip 4. This blank is bent tocylindrical form and the ears 2 and 3 are then attached to the wall 5 ofthe lamp body by means of rivets 6. v

The connecter forms no part of the resent invention but consists of atubular 'od 7 havin a perforated end 8 through whic the con uctor 9extends. A spring 10 within the connecter presses out a ainst the washer12 of insulatin -materia and 'this washer presses against t e contact 13at the end of the conductor. The body 7 has bayonet slots 14 to receivethe usual retainins on the cylindrical plug which is usua 1y attached tothe end of the supply conductor, which plug is inserted in the connecterbody 7. This body 7 is also formed with a notch 15 to receive the tongue16 formed on the sleeve to prevent movement of the connecter in onedirection, movement in the other direction being prevented by the lip 4when bent down as shown in Fig. 2.

The connecter sleeve is preferably attached to the lamp body while thatis being produced by punching an elongated opening and a pair of rivetholes at opposite endsthereof, inserting the connecter sleeve with bothof its ears bearing against the same face of the wall, and thenriveting, the ears to the wall. Later on, as the lamp is being wired,the connecter is inserted and the lip 4 is bent down against it and Iprefer to secure the ears 2 and 3 to the same side of the wall 5 of thebody. The size of the sleeve 11 will depend upon the size. of the connecter 7 to be mounted therein.

I claim: 1. A cylindrical connecter sleeve having perforated ears at.its ends and inwardly turned lips and a connecter within the sleeve 3.In combination, a c lmdrical connecter sleeve and a tubular bo y mountedtherein, the connecter sleeve bein formed with tongues at its endsprojecting inwardly to secure the tubular bodin position, the sleevebeing also forme witlf'a rforated ear at each end, said ears beingiagonally opposite each other and adapted to lie flat against acup-shaped body to support the sleeve thereon with its open ends onopposite sides of the support.

4. A mounting sleeve as er claim 1, having a pair of lips formedtlierefrom and adapted to be bent respectively into engagement withforward and rearward portions of the inserted connect-er, one of theylips being adapted to prevent the connecter from rotating.

CHARLES E. GODLEY.

